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Key Information

Title:
Walrus Tusk - Scrimshaw
Object Name:
scrimshaw
Location on Display:
Museum - Not Currently on display
Accession No:
KINCM:2005.2352.2
Other Numbers:
W5.196
Brief Description:
One of a pair of decorated walrus tusks. One side of the tusk shows a seated girl playing the harp in the countryside; and a knight in armour with a club standing with a mother, who has a child on her knee (possibly based on Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and Lady Rowena). On the reverse of the tusk are pictures of grapes, apples and a nude female. The tusk has a hole at the tip for suspension.

Physical Information

Description:
One of a pair of decorated walrus tusks. One side of the tusk shows a seated girl playing the harp in the countryside; and a knight in armour with a club standing with a mother, who has a child on her knee (possibly based on Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and Lady Rowena). On the reverse of the tusk are pictures of grapes, apples and a nude female. The tusk has a hole at the tip for suspension.

Dimensions:

Type Height Width Depth Diameter Weight
418[mm] 47[mm] 42[mm]

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